Stroke Swimmersthere were 7 lanes of stroke swimmersEddie had them put a stretch cord across the middle of the pool intheir lanesswimmers had to SDK under it off each wall8 x 100 on 2:0075 stroke SDK under the stretch cord off each wallFrees on :45,BK & FL on :50, then on each one they did25 SDK FAST underwater the whole way, no breathrest till clock got to 2:00 then did the next one

As I left practice today, I spoke with Eddie Reese, UT Men were doing20 x 50 FLY on :35The goal was to make as many as they couldif you miss you sit one out then resume going up 5 sec on the intervalEddie said "The faster you go the more rest you get"

Jackson Wilcox held 26's & 27's looked relaxed and smooth, made them allGarrett Weber Gale made 10Glad I didn't do that set.

Main Set (swim as far as you can for the time given during each round)

4 x 200 fr on 2:20skipped a 50 on #3

100 easy

4 x 150 on 2:00 took 4 SDKs off last turnheld 1:40's

100 easy

4 x 100 on 1:204 SDKs off last turn

100 easy

3 x 75 on 1:00 right into100 strong from a push go under 1:00

100 easy

10 x 50 on 1:002 rounds of 4 strong 1 easyheld 27's & 28's

50 easy

after practice I saw Neil Walker coaching longhorn aquatics andKim Brackin, UT's womens coach coaching some of the Lady longhorns who stayed in town.Kim said the Lady Longhorns are going to the Olympic Training camp in colorado springs to get in a little altitude training

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Saturday Dec 20th 2008

still pondering the type of training I want to do from now till mid Februarypart of me wants to prepare for 200's and sprintsanother the 50 free, 50 back and 100 IM and yetanother for 25 fr, 25 bk, & 25 SDK

got out changed into FS PRO legs and 3 blue seventy suitsafter they were on I felt like the michelin man3 suits squeeze down pretty tight legs felt very restrictedfelt pressure on my ribs after being zipped init was hard to bend over

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Tuesday Dec 16th 2008

Today I heard some swimmers (the French and others) wore 3 tech suits at once in their races at the European SCM Championships, which might be one of the reasons for breaking WRsFINA is likely to issue a rule by March 2009 banning swimmers from wearing more than one swim suit in a race.Stacking suits increases flotation.

Tomorrow I'm going to do a50 free fast in practice while wearing 3 or 4 suitsWe'll see what happens.Should I do 3 50's1) 1 suit or 3 suits2) 2 suits,3) 3 suits or 1 suit

today was a special treat, I trained with the UT team Eddie Reese coached

Roque Santos with Blue Seventy is in town for Jrs we had lunch at the UT club

Made my 2009 SCY events, meets and training plans (below)

Today's Practice

6:30 pm - 8:00Eddie Reese coachedswim center SCY diving well swam with Garrett Weber Gale and Dale Rogersbeside Hill Taylor and a couple other UT swimmersright now they are in finals so the whole team wasn't theredove in around 6:32

warm updidn't hear the warm up but it was on a fairly fast pace,pretty long we did several rounds of4 x 2550's75's100 IM drill(i didn't ask what we were doing I just dove in and did what Garrett did, but we weren't getting much rest)

yesterday I asked eddie if I could train with his grouphe said yes 6:30 amshowed up today, kubes was coaching, he said we have 3 lanesgo swim in the other pooli did around 10 easy 50's then a life guard asked me to get out of the pool

Lifted weights

Thinking about training for the 200 IMwent 1:59.9 in 2005 wearing a FS 1,thinking about the 50 free and 50 backat 2008 SCY nats I went 21.43 in the 50 free & 24.41 in the 50 backI'm curious to see how much I can improve those timesIf I focused on those 2 races I'd continue speed and strength training. I also want to see how much more I can improve my SDK

Continue to work on SDK+ speed and Speed endurance,+ do more fast 15's, 25's 50's, 75's & 100 SDKs+ deeper pushoffs+ train to take ____ SDKs in the ____:8 in the 50 free6 in the 100 fr13 in the 50 bk12 in the 100 bk10 in the 50 fly8 in the 100 fly10 fl, 12 bk, 6 fr in the 100 im8 off start 6 off turn FL, 5 or 6 bk, 4 - 6 fr in the 200 IM

BREASTROKEswim and kick more

Today's Practice

left too late to lift weights

6:30 pm - 8:00whitney coached swim center SCY main pool north end pool which is set up with both bulkheads down getting ready for Jr Natsswam with todd tyler ned mike and Amybeside paul nathan max & larrydove in around 6:35

went 29.10 34.93 38.82 31.31 went 2:14.16which might have broke the WR if Mills swim doesn't countwe'll see, in 2004 I went 2:15.0I think I could have gone faster if I swum it first

had a nice talk with Rob Butcher USMS Exec directorimpressive guymany great ideas for usmsthink we will see many positive developments for usmssaw a flock of wild parrots in the sky and trees out side the pool

250 warm upassigned 20 x 100 fr on 2:001 strong off the blocks2 - 5 from a push trying to hold time with in 3 secondstake an extra minute rest after each round of 5did 4 rounds of 100 easy speed from a dive held 100's around 564 x 50's held 50's around 29 - 30every one in the lane went 5 sec apart